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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Lesbian And Gay Studies Reader 1993 Edition by Henry Abelove
Bringing together forty-two groundbreaking essays--many of them already classics--The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader provides a much-needed introduction to the contemporary state of lesbian/gay studies, extensively illustrating the range, scope, diversity, appeal, and power of the work currently being done in the field. Featuring essays by such prominent scholars as Judith Butler, John D'Emilio, Kobena Mercer, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader explores a multitude of sexual, ethnic, racial, and socio-economic experiences. Ranging across disciplines including history, literature, critical theory, cultural studies, African American studies, ethnic studies, sociology, anthropology, psychology, classics, and philosophy, this anthology traces the inscription of sexual meanings in all forms of cultural expression. Representing the best and most significant English language work in the field, The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader addresses topics such as butch-fem roles, the cultural construction of gender, lesbian separatism, feminist theory, AIDS, safe-sex education, colonialism, S/M, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, children's books, black nationalism, popular films, Susan Sontag, the closet, homophobia, Freud, Sappho, the media, the hijras of India, Robert Mapplethorpe, and the politics of representation. It also contains an extensive bibliographical essay which will provide readers with an invaluable guide to further reading.Contributors: Henry Abelove, Tomas Almaguer, Ana Maria Alonso, Michele Barale, Judith Butler, Sue-Ellen Case, Danae Clark, Douglas Crimp, Teresa de Lauretis, John D'Emilio, Jonathan Dollimore, Lee Edelman, Marilyn Frye, Charlotte Furth, Marjorie Garber, Stuart Hall, David Halperin, Phillip Brian Harper, Gloria T. Hull, Maria Teresa Koreck, Audre Lorde, Biddy Martin, Deborah E. McDowell, Kobena Mercer, Richard Meyer, D. A. Miller, Serena Nanda, Esther Newton, Cindy Patton, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin, Joan W. Scott, Daniel L. Selden, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Barbara Smith, Catharine R. Stimpson, Sasha Torres, Martha Vicinus, Simon Watney, Harriet Whitehead, John J. Winkler, Monique Wittig, and Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano IntroductionUser's GuidePart I. Politics of Representation1. Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality, Gayle S. Rubin2. Epistemology of the Closet, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick3. Deviance, Politics, and the Media, Stuart Hall4. Some Reflections on Separatism and Power, Marilyn Frye5. Homophobia: Why Bring It Up?, Barbara Smith6. One is Not Born a Woman, Monique Wittig7. Silences: "Hispanics," AIDS, and Sexual Practices, Ana Maria Alonso and Maria Teresa Koreck8. From Nation to Family: Containing African AIDS, Cindy PattonPart II: Spectacular Logic9. Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation, Teresa De Lauretis10. Eloquence and the Epitaph: Black Nationalism and the Homophobic Impulse in Responses to the Death of Max Robinson, Phillip Brian Harper11. Television/Feminsm: HeartBeat and Prime Time Lesbiansim, Sasha Torres12. Commodity Lesbianism, Danae Clark13. The Spectacle of AIDS, Simon Watney14. Sontags Urbanity, D.A. Miller15. "Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water . . .", Daniel J. SeldenPart III: Subjectivity, Discipline, Resistance16. Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence, Adrienne Rich17. Chicano Men: A Cartography of Homosexual Identity and Behavior, Tomas Almaguer18. Lesbian Identity and Autobiographical Difference[s], Biddy Martin19. Toward a Butch-Femme Aesthetic, Sue-Ellen Case20. Imitation and Gender Insubordination, Judith Butler21. Spare Parts: The Surgical Construction of Gender, Marjorie GarberPart IV: The Uses of the Erotic22. The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power, Audre Lorde23. The Boys in My Bedroom, Douglas Crimp24. Looking for Trouble, Kobena Mercer25. Robert Mapplethorpe and the Discipline of Photography, Richard Meyer26. Freud, Male Homosexuality, and the Americans, Henry AbelovePart V: "The Evidence of Experience"27. The Evidence of Experience, Joan W. Scott28. Is There a History of Sexuality?, David M. Halperin29. "They Wonder to Which Sex I Belong": The Historical Roots of the Modern Lesbian Identity, Martha Vicinus30. "Lines She Did Not Dare": Angelina Weld Grimke , Harlem Renaissance Poet, Gloria T. Hull31. Capitalism and Gay Identity, John D'EmilioPart VI: Collective Identities / Dissident Identities32. Androgynous Males and Deficient Females: Biology and Gender Boundaries in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century China, Charlotte Furth33. The Bow and the Burden Strap: A New Look at Institutionalized Homosexuality in Native North America, Harriet Whitehead34. Just One of the Boys: Lesbians in Cherry Grove, 1960-1988, Esther Newton35. Hijras as Neither Man Nor Woman, Serena Nanda36. Tearooms and Sympathy or The Epistemology of the Water Closet, Lee EdelmanPart VII: Between the Pages37. Double Consciousness in Sapphos Lyrics, John J. Winkler38. De-Constructing the Lesbian Body: Cherrie Moraga's Loving in the War Years, Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano39. When Jack Blinks: Si(gh)ting Gay Desire in Ann Bannon's Beebo Brinker, Michele Aina Barale40. "It's Not Safe. Not Safe at All": Sexuality in Nella Larsen's Passing,Deborah E. McDowell41. Different Desires: Subjectivity and Transgression in Wilde and Gide, Jonathan Dollimore42. The Sonograms of Gertrude Stein, Catharine R. StimpsonSuggestions for Further Reading